United Nations General Assembly committees

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United Nations General Assembly main committee United Nations body subsidiary organ of the United Nations General Assembly

The United Nations General Assembly committees are specialized bodies within the General Assembly that focus on drafting, debating, and recommending resolutions on key global issues such as disarmament, decolonization, human rights, and budgetary matters.

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Observed surface forms (11)

Surface form	Occurrences
Fourth Committee	0
Third Committee	0
Fifth Committee	0
First Committee	0
Second Committee	0
Sixth Committee	0
General Committee of the United Nations General Assembly	1
Sixth Committee (Legal)	1
United Nations General Assembly Fourth Committee	1
United Nations committees	1
United Nations social affairs committees (indirectly)	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United Nations General Assembly main committee ⓘ United Nations General Assembly main committee ⓘ United Nations General Assembly main committee ⓘ United Nations General Assembly main committee ⓘ United Nations General Assembly main committee ⓘ United Nations General Assembly main committee ⓘ United Nations body ⓘ subsidiary organ of the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	member states of the United Nations ⓘ
authority	cannot adopt legally binding resolutions ⓘ
composition	representatives of all United Nations member states ⓘ
convenesIn	emergency special session of the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ regular session of the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ special session of the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
decisionMakingProcess	consensus where possible ⓘ voting by member states ⓘ
fieldOfWork	administrative and budgetary matters ⓘ decolonization ⓘ disarmament and international security ⓘ economic and financial matters ⓘ human rights ⓘ legal matters ⓘ social, humanitarian and cultural issues ⓘ special political issues ⓘ
hasPart	credentials committee ⓘ surface form: Credentials Committee Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) ⓘ surface form: Fifth Committee First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) ⓘ surface form: First Committee Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) ⓘ surface form: Fourth Committee General Committee ⓘ Second Committee (Economic and Financial) ⓘ surface form: Second Committee Sixth Committee ⓘ Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) ⓘ surface form: Third Committee
language	Arabic ⓘ Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
location	United Nations Headquarters ⓘ surface form: United Nations Headquarters, New York City
numberOfMainCommittees	6 ⓘ
parentOrganization	United Nations ⓘ
partOf	United Nations General Assembly ⓘ United Nations General Assembly committees self-linksurface differs ⓘ United Nations General Assembly committees self-linksurface differs ⓘ United Nations General Assembly committees self-linksurface differs ⓘ United Nations General Assembly committees self-linksurface differs ⓘ United Nations General Assembly committees self-linksurface differs ⓘ United Nations General Assembly committees self-linksurface differs ⓘ
purpose	debate key global issues ⓘ draft resolutions for consideration by the United Nations General Assembly plenary ⓘ formulate recommendations to the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
reportsTo	plenary of the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

President of the United Nations General Assembly → associatedBody → United Nations General Assembly committees ⓘ

this entity surface form: General Committee of the United Nations General Assembly

United Nations General Assembly → hasMainCommittee → United Nations General Assembly committees ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sixth Committee (Legal)

Fifth Committee (Social and General Questions) → isHistoricalPrecursorOf → United Nations General Assembly committees ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Nations social affairs committees (indirectly)